Edge-shave



(Model.)

A. SOHILLMOLLER.

EDGE SHAVE.

No. 393,487. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST SCHILLMOLLER, OF OAKLAND, CALTFORNIA.

EDGE-SHAVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,487, dated November27, 1888.

I Appieation filed October-27,1887. SerialNmQflIljGfi. (Model) 1'0 (tZZwhom it may concern.-

' 5e it known that I, AUGUST SonrLmiifmLEn, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Oak land, Alameda county, State of California, haveinvented a new and useful EdgeShave for Use in the llfanufacture ofRoots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a hand-tool with which theedge of the sole of a hoot or shoe can be shaved without injury to theupper.

The invention consists in the particular con struction and combinationof parts.

Figure 1 is a View of the shave from the front that is, the side of theface of the blade. Fig. 2 is a view of the side---that is, a View towardthe edge of the knife. Fig. 3 is a crosssection about centrally of screwIt, said screw being shown in elevation.

The letter a indicates a metallic casing, toolstock, or handle, on whichthe other parts are mounted. The ends of this piece are rounded toafford a convenient ha nd-grasp,and the handle portions are hollowed outfor lightness, and so as to readily receive the attachments hereinafterdescribed. The knife or curved blade I) has a flange, b, which is heldto the stock by screws 0 0, so as to be adjustable, as is usual in spokeand similar shaves. The cutting-edge is shown at b. The gage-block '13has a portion, 1', which is near the edge of knife I), and serves as agage to determine the thickness of out which the blade can make. Thisplate 2' has a flange, with a threaded hole therein,and a set-screw,h,passcs through the body of the stock and enters said hole. By turningscrew it the gage may be set nearer to or farther from the edge b of theblade, thus determining the thickness of shaving. A guide-plate, d, isattached to the stock near one edge of the blade by screws ff, passingthrough slots in said plate. This guideplate is not a cutter, but ablunt blade to rest against the face of the leather of the sole. Thegage 'i is adjustable over the face of the knife, and determines theexposed width of the cutting edge; The body of this gagej rests in ahollow in the stock, and is niortised for the passage of screws 11,which hold the gage-retaining plate on to the stock. Asetscrew, 7.,suitably supported in the stock, passes through a threaded hole in thegage-body, and by turning screw it the gagej may be moved so as toexpose a greater or less width of the cutter I). By this construction aconvenient tool is made by which a shaving of regulated width andthickness can be trimmed from the edge of a shoe sole or heel.

\Vhat I. claim is An edge-plane consisting, essentially, of thetool-stock a, having rounded handles, the curved blade I), having aflange, b, which is adj ustably held to the stock by set-screws,thegage-block i, having a flange resting in a re cess in the stock andadjustable therein by a set-screw, the slotted guide-plate (Z, attachedto the stock by set-screws passing through the slots, the gagey',adjustable over thcface of the knife by a set screw, and aclamping-plate and screws for retaining said gage, the parts be ingconstructed, combined, and relatively arranged substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I hereunto set myhand, this 19th day of October,1887, at the city of Oakland, Alameda county, and State of California.

AUGUST SCI-IILMIGLLER.

\Vitnesscs:

G. L. PIERCE, J. OALLAGHAN.

